From 31cb3e09d47f2022c457a0f54a4dcb51cd4a79f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Wareham Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 10:31:37 +0000 Subject: third-party: add note on role of directory Add a brief README on the purpose of the third-party directory and some suggestions for how to manage it. The neovim bigwigs may want to re-draft the README. --- third-party/README.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 third-party/README.md diff --git a/third-party/README.md b/third-party/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0d4c521e87 --- /dev/null +++ b/third-party/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# Third party dependencies for neovim + +This directory contains any third party dependencies for neovim which, for one +reason or another, we cannot rely on the system to supply. + +Ideally commits within this directory will only be merge commits from upstream +projects. The "git subtree" tool is a good choice for managing such merge +commits. In order to avoid needlessly inflating the bandwidth required to clone +neovim, the ``--squash`` option for git subtree should be used. -- cgit